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A panel of three appellate judges on Wednesday upheld a lower court order allowing the 2020 head count of every U.S. resident to continue through October. But the panel struck down a provision that had suspended a yearend deadline for turning in figures u...

The bodies of three workers who were killed when a stairwell collapsed inside a highrise building under construction were recovered Wednesday, the Houston Fire Department said.

The stage in Utah has been set with all the trappings of a modern political debate: Red, white and blue carpets, a backdrop of the Declaration of Independence and plexiglass.

In the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, the harried health officials of Peru faced a quandary. They knew molecular tests for COVID19 were the best option to detect the virus yet they didnt have the labs, the supplies, or the technicians to make th...

Farmers across Poland slowed down traffic on main roads with their tractors Wednesday and left wheelbarrows of manure at lawmakers offices to protest a new law that bans fur farms and religious slaughter for export, saying it will put them out of business...

Italy was expected to order a nationwide outdoor mask mandate Wednesday with fines of up to 1,000 euros ($1,163) for violators, as the European country where COVID19 first hit scrambles to keep rebounding infections from spiralling out of control.

A federal appeals court has rejected a lawsuit that aimed to make mailin ballots available to all Indiana voters for this falls election because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Iran's president warned on Wednesday that fighting between Azeri and ethnic Armenian forces in the South Caucasus could spark a regional war and stepped up calls for a ceasefire.

The Justice Department is preparing to announce charges Wednesday against two men from Britain who joined the Islamic State and were part of a cell that beheaded Western hostages, a law enforcement official said.

Iranian state TV said the country has hit its highest number of daily deaths from the coronavirus, with 239 new fatalities reported on Wednesday.

Kuwaits deputy chief of the National Guard, who spent years in the oilrich countrys security services, was nominated as crown prince on Wednesday, the Kuwaiti state news agency reported.

Swiss pharmaceutical firm Roche said Wednesday that problems at a U.K. warehouse are delaying shipments of testing products to clinics and hospitals, triggering concerns that COVID19 testing may be disrupted as infection rates rise around Britain.

Palestinians are installing a video surveillance system in a remote village in the occupied West Bank to keep an eye on nearby Israeli settlers who they accuse of frequent attacks.

The European Parliament has voted in favour of a legally binding target for the European Union to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 60% by 2030, against 1990 levels, according to vote results released on Wednesday.

Australia considered a rollout of a coronavirus vaccine no sooner than mid2021 a bestcase scenario in its pandemic planning that would save the economy tens of billions of dollars, the treasurer said on Wednesday.

A proposed amendment to Sri Lankas Constitution that would consolidate power in the presidents hands has raised concerns about the independence of the countrys institutions and the impact on ethnic minorities who fear their rights could be undermined by a...